Author: Matt Pusatory (WUSA9), Jess Arnold, John Henry
Teachers at Howard University called off plans to go on strike after reaching an agreement with administration early Wednesday morning.
The Howard Teaching Faculty Union, which is represented by SEIU 500, consists of part-time adjuncts and full-time non-tenure lecturers and instructors. They announced the agreement was reached at 3:26 a.m., according to a tweet from the union. In the tweet, the union called it a “historic victory.”
The union had announced its intention to strike at Wednesday morning in a 1 a.m. tweet, but just hours later, announced the strike would be called off.
Dr. Aisha Bonner Cozad said 23 professors and a lead negotiator from SEIU negotiated with Howard administration and university lawyers.
If the strike had moved forward, teachers told WUSA9 they had planned to not teach classes, give lectures or write recommendations until an agreement was reached.
Details of the agreement have not been made public.
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Photo: Founders Library, Howard University, Washington DC, August 16, 2017Photo by Derek E. Morton (CC BY-SA 4.0)
